Security: Umahi Meets New Army Chief, Seeks Collaboration
•FG flags off construction of internal roads in Ogun
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The Minister of Works, David Umahi has met with the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as part of collaborations to ensure the challenges faced during construction works are tackled.
A brief statement yesterday by the minister’s spokesman, Uchenna Orji, quoted Umahi as assuring that in no distant time the ‘transportation landscape of Nigeria will add value to the security architecture’ being put in place by the Bola Tinubu administration.
Speaking when he visited Oluyede in his office in Abuja, the minister used the opportunity of the visit to discuss areas of assistance and collaboration in the road infrastructure development roadmap of the federal government.
He said that this collaboration includes the area of ongoing projects in strategic economic corridors of the six geo-political zones.
In his remarks, the new army chief assured of the continued support of the Nigerian Army to the efforts of the Federal Ministry of Works in tackling the challenges facing the works sector.
Also, the Minister of State for Works, Muhammad Goronyo, has stated that road infrastructure remains critical to national development.
He stated that it opens up a lot of economic activities, reduces insecurity, ensure direct and indirect jobs are created, making businesses flourish while youths will be gainfully employed.
According to Goronyo, this is why the administration of Tinubu believes in providing infrastructural projects to combat the many challenges facing the country.
Goronyo recalled that the president recently flagged off the Sokoto-Badagry superhighway and the Lagos-Calabar Coastal highway, while many other road projects are ongoing across the nation to open up economic opportunities that will fast-track economic prosperity for Nigerians.
He spoke at the official flag off of the construction of internal roads within Yewa – Awori division in Ogun state, where he also commended Senator Olamilekan Adeola, who initiated the project.
In his remarks, the Managing Director of the Federal Emergency Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), Chukwuemeka Agbasi, highlighted the support of the federal government in the repairs and the maintenance of failed roads across the country.
He announced that the construction of the road project, which will last for 11 months, will not only be handled but also maintained regularly by FERMA.
According to him, the road will encourage the agrarian community to be able to engage in farming and other economic activities and help social interactions as well as offer real time value to the community.
